last
/læst/ verb B1- To endure, continue over time. · Summer seems to last longer each year.· They seem happy now, but that won't last long.
- To hold out, continue undefeated or entire. · I don't know how much longer we can last without reinforcements.
- To purposefully refrain from orgasm
He/she/it lasts · Past lasted · Past participle lasted · -ing form lasting
Verb forms
- Base form
- last
- He/she/it
- lasts
- Past
- lasted
- Past participle
- lasted
- -ing form
- lasting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Having at last by guileful speeches succeeded in separating them, he attacked them without fear as they fed alone, and feasted on them one by one at his own leisure.
Marilla could not help tacking on that last sentence, although she was again surprised at herself for doing it.
It was worth while, truly,” added the young man with a melancholy smile, “to make war against the English for ten years, and to die in his bed at last, like everybody else.”
“Let go—and clue up!” At this last command all the sails were lowered, and the vessel moved almost imperceptibly onwards.
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